[CAS LK 111] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (20 pages long)
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Culture originally meant a process that dealt with agriculture. In its original form, it would be synonyms with the word, cultivate. At one point culture and civilization meant the same thing. The word culture has three main uses. Independent and abstract noun which describes the general process of intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic development. Independent noun that describes a particular way of life. Independent and abstract noun that describes work and practices of intellectual and artistic activity. The idea of culture is a new concept in and of itself. It has changed from its original meaning to the one we use today, as it the idea of culture became something that needed to be expressed. Piece: clifford geertz(1973) the impact of the concept of culture pp 33-54. Culture is not something that is innate within us. It is a set of learned behaviors and ideologies that are attached to a person by happenchance.
